Photos

Your entire photo collection. Framed in a whole new way.

Introducing Photos for OS X. Featuring an easy-to-use and streamlined design, Photos has been engineered from the ground up to help you keep your growing library organized and accessible. Powerful and intuitive editing tools help you perfect your images as well as create beautiful gifts for sharing. And with iCloud Photo Library, a lifetime’s worth of photos and videos can be stored in the cloud — so you can access your entire collection from your Mac and iOS devices anytime.

iCloud Photo Library. One convenient home for all your photos and videos.

For the first time, iCloud Photo Library gives you access to your entire Mac photo and video library from all your devices. If you shoot a snapshot, slo-mo or selfie on your iPhone, it’s automatically added to iCloud Photo Library as well — so it appears on your Mac, your iOS devices and iCloud.com. And since your collection is organized the same way across devices, navigating your library always feels familiar. Learn more

Make an edit here, see it there.

When you make changes on your Mac like editing a photo, marking a Favorite or adding to an album, they’re kept up to date on your iPhone, your iPad and iCloud.com. And vice versa — any changes made on your iOS devices are automatically reflected on your Mac.

Fill your library, not your device.

iCloud Photo Library can help you make the most of the space on your Mac. When you choose “Optimize Mac Storage,” all your full-resolution photos and videos are stored in iCloud in their original formats, with storage-saving versions kept on your Mac as space is needed. You can also optimize storage on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, so you can access more photos and videos than ever before. You get 5GB of free storage in iCloud — and as your library grows, you have the option to choose a plan for up to 1TB.

The moment you’re looking for, always at hand.

The beautiful all-new design of the Photos app uses Moments, Collections and Years views to automatically organize your photos and videos by when and where they were taken. With dramatically more screen space devoted to your photos, you can easily scan your entire library at a glance and quickly find the content you’re looking for. A new, streamlined toolbar puts the right controls at your fingertips, giving you instant access to the photos you’ve shared, the albums you’ve made and the projects you’ve created. And you can even use gestures to browse your entire photo collection with just a touch.

The Moments view groups photos and videos that were taken around the same time and place, like an afternoon hike.

Collections are made up of distinct Moments that were taken at the same place, such as your four-day trip to the Southwest.

View your entire library in a beautiful mosaic of all the photos and videos you’ve taken each year. Click any thumbnail to bring up a preview, and scrub over the collection to see previews of every image. Just click any preview to open it up.

With iCloud Photo Sharing, you can get an overview of the photos and videos you’ve shared with friends and family, and the ones they’ve shared with you. And it’s easier than ever to see Likes and Comments that have been posted.

Take a look at the Albums and Smart Albums you’ve created, as well as the preset ones, which automatically group your photos into Favorites, Videos, Panoramas and more.

View the books, cards, calendars, print orders and slideshows you’ve created. You can keep working on existing projects or start new ones with ease.

Perfect your best shots with powerful editing tools.

Create standout photos with a comprehensive set of powerful but easy‑to‑use editing tools. Choose Enhance to improve your photo with just a click. Use a filter to instantly give it a new look. Or use new Smart Sliders to quickly edit like a pro even if you’re a beginner. Smart Sliders intelligently adjust multiple elements of your photo at once — so it’s easier than ever to lighten a dark image, get the colour just right, or even create a beautiful black and white.

Take control of the finest details.

Photos makes it simple to apply more advanced adjustments to your image. You can make precise edits by enabling the histogram, adjusting levels, adding definition and more. You can even add a vignette for a final artistic touch.

Share your favourite photos in more places than ever.

Use the Share menu to easily share photos via iCloud Photo Sharing and AirDrop. Or send photos to your favourite photo-sharing destinations, such as Facebook and Twitter. You can also customize the menu and share directly to other compatible sites that offer sharing extensions.

Give the photos you love to the people you love.

Making special gifts for loved ones is easier than ever with Photos. Simple tools and new Apple-designed themes help you create beautiful photo books, cards, calendars and prints that your friends and family will always cherish. Learn more about Print Products

Professional‑quality photo books.

Fresh new designs and streamlined tools help you easily build beautiful custom photo books. Add full‑bleed, two-page spreads and include your own captions, maps and more. You can create square books in new 10‑by‑10‑inch or 8‑by‑8‑inch sizes.

Auto‑Sized and square prints.

Order gorgeous prints of the iPhone panoramas you’ve taken. Just choose Auto-Sized to print your photos with no cropping in sizes up to 36 inches wide. Or choose from a variety of new square sizes.

Start using Photos on your Mac today.

Photos is included as part of the OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 update, which is available free from the Mac App Store.